I have not seen a 'portable electrum version' ?
Just go to https://electrum.org/#download and choose "Portable Version" from the list of downloads. It's only available for Windows.Direct link: https://download.electrum.org/2.8.3/electrum-2.8.3-portable.exe
OK, then just install that on a pen drive that i will have plug in every time i want to use electrum ?
Yeah, if you follow the above, you would be using the pen drive as your hard drive and all Electrum's data would be on that hard drive.
I do recommend that you test your other hard drive for issues. Using something like Crystal Disk Info to check the Smart Data and look for possible signs of failure. Additionally, you should run a Windows sfc scan on the drive to detect/fix possible errors.
Thanks, i have recovered the wallet on my normal HDD for now, will start a check tonight as i suspect it would take a while...Its split into 2 partitions 160 Gb each.
Never heard of Crystal disk or Windows sfc, but will have a google...
I have NEVER defragged it in years either, so that mat help.
Cheers for help.
Just as an extra note. If it is a problem with the hard drive, then it's probably helpful to backup the data file every few days just to ensure that you can still access the coins if the drive ever fails or your file is lost.
I presumed that was the purpose of having a seed recovery ? I used to back up the whole wallet folder routinely but was told it was pointless with seed recovery
Yeah, as long as you have your seed, you should always be able recover your wallet so there really isn't the need to backup the wallet files.
